"We need real infrastructure, and I'm sure that's why the SOR money hasn't even touched the community level yet."
"I've a great nice who's a year-and-a-half year old who is just the joy of my family, and I want to change this before she gets to middle school and becomes at higher risk."
"the stigma around substance use disorder is pervasive in our society. And I think all of us need to re-set our thinking that it's not a moral failing."
"Substance use, opioid use disorder is a brain disorder. It is a disease that requires treatment."
"We had Elizabeth Warren in my district and we were talking about the CARE Act."
"If you have overcome addiction, you have done the hardest thing that a human being will ever have to do."
"Narcan saves lives, and we need to use it, and we need to distribute it."
"We have to be aware of this dynamic in medicine, and make sure that the physician gets to make the call."
"What would happen in West Virginia if the Medicaid expansion were rolled back?"
"This is a very significant problem that's been going on a long time."
"I'm going to push very hard on this."
"The stark conclusion after our last hearing was that this technology is evolving extremely rapidly without any real safeguards."